Daddy's Little Lucy

Chapter 26 - Target

"I can't believe my best friend sold me out to a kid!" Happy complained for the hundredth time today. It was the day after our fun in the sun and Happy was upset about the deal I made with Lucy. We were walking to the guild together with Lucy holding my hand and Gray, Sting and Rogue were following behind us. "Happy, how many times do I have to say sorry?" I sighed, "you laughed when Lucy put me in dresses and put makeup on my face" he whined.

"That pink dress really suited you" I teased. Gray, Sting, Rogue and Lucy laughed at my joke. "Natsu you big meanie!" Happy exclaimed before flying ahead to the guild. "Happy I was only joking! Come back!" I called out, "no!" Happy shouted back as he flew further in the distance. I sighed, "what am I going to do with that exceed" I muttered.

"Did I make Kitty mad?" Lucy asked a little depressed, "no you didn't Lucy" I said as I picked her up. "It's my fault. I teased him too much" I said and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She giggled as I kissed her. She was so adorable, I might miss this Lucy a little bit when she turns back to normal.

Soon we arrived at the guild and we separated with Gray, Sting and Rogue. They went to different parts of the guild while Lucy and I walked up to the bar. I sat Lucy on the stool before sitting on the one next to hers. "Good morning Natsu, good morning Lucy" Mira greeted us. "I heard that a certain flying blue cat got to play dress up with Lucy, know anything about that?" she asked us, trying to get in on the gossip. "Yeah! I made Kitty very pretty!" Lucy told her happily. Mira giggled, "I'm sure you did" she said and then she sighed, "I wish I could've seen it" she added.

"Has my idiotic brother been good while I've been gone?" a voice spoke up from the guild's front door. Everyone turned their attention to the person who spoke up which revealed to be Kazuma. "Kazuma" I said with disgust and everyone stood up out of their chairs ready to attack. As I stood glaring at Kazuma, Lucy jumped off her stool and ran behind my legs. I could feel her tremble as held my pants tightly.

Levy came over to us and kneeled down next to Lucy. "Lets go somewhere safer Lucy" she said and picked Lucy up. I kept my gaze on Kazuma as Levy takes Lucy to safety. "I believe in you Daddy!" I heard Lucy say before Levy took her to another part of the guild and my heart skipped a beat. It makes me happy to hear her say that but right now I was focused on Kazuma. "We won't let you take Lucy!" I shouted and the guild shouted "yeah!" in agreement behind me.

"We'll see about that Natsu Dragneel but right now I want my idiotic brother back" he replied before lifting his foot. I recognised that spell from the first time we fought. "Quake!" he chanted and as soon as his foot stomped the floor, cracks appeared on the floor. The cracks spread fast and strong. With that one attack, he knocked out a few of our guild members.

Everyone else shot long range attacks at him, trying to hit him but he formed a thick rock wall which blocked everyone's attack. Since none of the long range attacks were working, I charged behind the rock wall and tried to hit him with my Fire Dragon Iron Fist. He blocked my attack with his arm and attacked me with an Earth Dragon Talon. As I blocked the attack, Gajeel came up behind Kazuma and punched him in the side with his iron club arm. Kazuma quickly got up onto his feet as Sting and Rogue tried to punch him with their Light and Shadow Dragon Iron Fist. Nimbly, Kazuma dodged it by flipping backwards.

"Four against one isn't fair" Kazuma commented but continued to avoid our attacks. The four of us were in sync with each and every attack like we knew what the others were thinking. Kazuma kept dodging our attacks until he became tired and Sting and Rogue were able to hold his arms behind his back.

Even though we caught the last twin, Kazuma just chuckled. The four of us raised our eyebrows, "what's so funny?" Gajeel asked but he just kept chuckling. He was getting on my nerves so I punched his face but my hand went right through like his body was made of sand. He was using a similar body magic like Juvia but instead of water it was sand. Kazuma looked me straight into my eyes and said "I got my target."

Before I could ask about what he meant, his body dissolved into sand and drifted away in the wind. 'Target? Does he mean Ryuki?' I wondered, "Natsu!" Mira called out worriedly. I could tell something was wrong with the look in her eyes. With that worry, I bolted into the basement where the others were guarding and where Lucy was being kept safe. As I entered the basement, the guild members who were guarding Ryuki was scattered unconscious on the floor, among the them was Levy and Alzack. Ryuki was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Lucy?!" I asked in a panic when I saw Levy's unconscious body. 'Lucy was with Levy so, where is she?' I wondered and then I heard sniffling. In the corner of the room, Bisca was comforting a crying Asuka. 'Alzack must've took Asuka in here as well to protect her from the fight' I thought and kept looking around the room for Lucy. My heart stopped for a second when I heard what Asuka said "the bad man took Lucy" she cried.

I clenched my fists in anger, he really was after Lucy. "They must've planned this from the start. Kazuma would attack from the front while Ryuki attacked us from the back. We should've seen it coming" Gramps said from the entry of the basement. "I should've stayed with her" I muttered, "if I wasn't so focused on fighting and stayed with Lucy. This wouldn't have happened" I continued.

"We all make mistakes but when we make those mistakes it's up to us to correct them" Gramps said. I took a deep breath and ran towards the exit but Gramp's huge hand grabbed my scarf. "Gramps! You just said I need to go out there and find Lucy!" I complained. "Without this?" Gramps said as he held a map. I snatched the map out of his hand and looked at it. "Is this what I think it is?" I asked as I look at him. "Yes it is. The twins' location" he replied.